MR BENN Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I think the OP was getting at the fact that this applies to those who passed their tests in 1998 or 2000 for me when these were first issued along with the paper bit. im certain us old people who only have paper one are happy cause we wont have to shell out money every ten years for a new one:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayne67 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Just thought, I had to surrender my paper licence, due to a change of address, and had it replaced with the plastic one. If the paper one is valid until you are 70, then why are people being penalised, ie the charge, for abiding the law and changing address details? This can't be fair. Jayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayne67 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 im certain us old people who only have paper one are happy cause we wont have to shell out money every ten years for a new one:thumbsup: I've had my paper license, since I passed my test at 23. Jayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiden Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I think the OP was getting at the fact that this applies to those who passed their tests in 1998 or 2000 for me when these were first issued along with the paper bit. or anyone who has renewed their license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouija Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 im certain us old people who only have paper one are happy cause we wont have to shell out money every ten years for a new one:thumbsup: Have you never moved in 20 years though? Because if you have, you would have had to apply for a photo license to replace your paper one. I originally got a paper one and wish they'd never started the other type! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongle Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 when you move you have to notify them of a change of address,you can face a fine for not informing them of this, i found this out when i was at a random stop by the police and dvla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggybabe Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 so how much is it to replace the run out licence ?its ok i went back and fully read op what if you dont have a car or driving at the time bit unfair really cost loads for leasons then 2 tests to pass . then changing licence every 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie22 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 i will have to change mine when i get married in July this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichJay Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Still got another year before I need a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as thousands of photocard driving licences expire Thousands of motorists are at risk of being fined up to £1,000 because they are unwittingly driving without a valid licence. They risk prosecution after failing to spot the extremely small print on their photocard licence which says it automatically expires after 10 years and has to be renewed - even though drivers are licensed to drive until the age of 70. The fiasco has come to light a decade after the first batch of photo licences was issued in July 1998, just as the they start to expire. Motoring organisations blamed the Government for the fiasco and said 'most' drivers believed their licences were for life. A mock-up driving licence from 1998 when the photocards were launched shows the imminent expiry date as item '4b' They said officials had failed to publicise sufficiently the fact that new-style licences - unlike the old paper ones - expire after a set period and have to be renewed. To rub salt into wounds, drivers will have to a pay £17.50 to renew their card Official DVLA figures reveal that while 16,136 expired this summer, so far only 11,566 drivers have renewed, leaving 4,570 outstanding. With another 300,000 photocard licences due to expire over the coming year, experts fear the number of invalid licences will soar, putting thousands more drivers in breach of the law and at risk of a fine. At the heart of the confusion is the small print on the tiny credit-card-size photo licence, which is used in conjunction with the paper version. Just below the driver name on the front of the photocard licence is a series of dates and details - each one numbered. Number 4b features a date in tiny writing, but no explicit explanation as to what it means. The date's significance is only explained if the driver turns over the card and reads the key on the back which states that '4b' means 'licence valid to'. Even more confusingly, an adjacent table on the rear of the card sets out how long the driver is registered to hold a licence - that is until his or her 70th birthday. A total of 25million new-style licences have been issued but - motoring experts say - drivers were never sufficiently warned they would expire after 10 years. Motorists who fail to renew their licences in time are allowed to continue driving .. But the DVLA says they could be charged with 'failing to surrender their licence', an offence carrying a £1,000 fine. AA president, Edmund King said: 'It is not generally known that photocard licences expire: there appears to be a lack of information that people will have to renew these licences. People think they have already paid them for once over and that is it. It will come as a surprise to motorists and a shock that they have to pay an extra £17.50.' The AA called on the Government to use the annual £450million from traffic enforcement fines to offset the renewal charge. Before photocard licences were introduced, old-style paper licences were valid until the age of 70. Many motorists still believe this to be the case with the new ones. Mine was up for renewal last September. I knew from day one that the plastic licence was for a period of ten years. Anyone who claims they didn't know, should not be allowed to drive, as they clearly can not read (there is a leaflet/booklet that is sent with a licence where the 10 year renewal was explained). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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